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You can search and view the Pre-eminent, Core and Reference Collections online and search by artist surname, country of origin, decade of birth or death, émigré, gender, object type, materials, techniques and key word tags.
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Some key facts and figures
Pre-eminent collection
Number of works: 101
Number of artists: 49
Number of female artists: 9
Number of émigré artists: 31
Number of works by émigré artists: 75
Core collection
Number of works: 776
Number of artists: 238
Number of female artists: 100
Number of émigré artists:
Number of works by émigré artists:
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Highlights of the collection
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Tam Joseph, The Hand Made Map of the World -
Jacob Epstein, Lydia
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Sonia Delaunay, Poster for Galerie Bing, Paris
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Helen Gillespie
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Josef Herman, Refugees
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Marc Chagall, Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio
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About BUC
We hold Europe’s only collection dedicated to Jewish and immigrant artists comprising over 820 works by 360 artists from some 35 countries of birth.
The Pre-eminent Collection includes important examples by Frank Auerbach, Martin Bloch, David Bomberg, Marc Chagall, Jacob Epstein, Eva Frankfurther, Mark Gertler, George Grosz, Josef Herman, Peter Howson, Leon Kossoff, Max Liebermann, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Isaac Rosenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Chaïm Soutine, Tam Joseph, Clare Winsten and Alfred Wolmark, among others.
The Core Collection includes fine works by Jankel Adler, Jacob Bornfriend, Sonia Delaunay, Dodo (Dörte Bürgner), Hans Feibusch, Max Sokol, Elisabeth Tomalin, and many others, supported by a wide-ranging body of reference works.
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Why Give?
Ben Uri is a registered British charity (280389). We seek and need your donations to be able to fund and expand our work across our 3 principal and distinctive areas of public benefit being:
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Research and digitally record the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900 - including the current;
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Research and commission collection inspired art interventions for the over 70s to enrich their quality of life through digital channels;
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Develop our pioneering first full scale virtual museum and research centre to maximise engagement across a global digital audience.
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